{Synopsis} – Join the animals in a fun game of peek-a-who! Young children will love interacting with this colourful and lively book that has peek-a-boo flaps and special touch and feel areas, guaranteed to keep young hands entertained.

{My thoughts} – This is another or the wonderful books released by Scholastic for babies and toddlers. It’s about a kitten that loses her family and wonders around trying to find them.

This particular book has touch and feel parts within the book to help and engage the reader. I really enjoy books like this because they are more hands on for small children and they help small children to learn and explore things in the world within the safety of their own homes.

I highly recommend these books for any parent looking to expand their child’s library.

{Synopsis} – You are my little chickadee.
You mean everything in the world to me.
Babies and toddlers will love holding, touching, and reading this adorable board book, featuring a soft felt topper and bright and vibrant illustrations. With Sandra Magsamen’s signature message of love, this book is perfect for celebrating springtime and Easter with your little chickadee.
An adorable reissue of a beloved novelty board book from Sandra Magsamen, the bestselling creator of over 30 baby and toddler books, with sales over 3 million copies worldwide!

{My thoughts} – I am a lover of board books for young children. I enjoy the simple stories, the colorful pages and the fact that a toddler will sit still long enough to allow you to read the book.

This book is based more on Easter and it a sweet story about love between a chickadee and it’s parent. The illustrations match the story nicely and some words are accented more with a fancy type of text.

I highly recommend any book by this author as they have become favorites within our house.

{Synopsis} – Amazing Animals Big and Small is a fun interactive introduction to opposites. Young children will enjoy looking at the bright, colorful pictures and opening the flaps and sliders to reveal even more animals. As they grow, they will also love comparing the opposites with each other and making connections with the world around them.

A combination of bright photos and sweet illustrations make this book instantly appealing. Children will learn the concept of opposites, while having fun and gaining essential hands-on skills!

{My thoughts} – I have come to really enjoy these baby and toddler books that Scholastic has released. They are brightly colored and use illustrations that help to pull the interest of the child to the pages within the book.

In this particular book, we are looking at opposites. The realistic pictures of the animals help to show the child realistically how the words on the pages should look in real life.

My daughter absolutely loves these books and they have become some of her favorites due to how engaging many of them are.

I highly recommend these books for any parent looking for fun learning books for their babies and toddlers.

{Synopsis} – Highlighting timeless love and kindness stories and verses from the Bible, My First Read and Learn Love & Kindness Bible Stories is the ideal storybook for parents and children to enjoy together as they deepen their faith. Featuring passages that highlight key love and kindness virtues from both the Old and New Testaments and simply written and colorfully illustrated throughout, this is a perfect introduction to the heart of the Bible that little readers and their caregivers will cherish.
A loving new addition to the bestselling My First Read and Learn Bible line with more than 3.4 million copies in print!

{My thoughts} – I have become an avid believer when it comes to teaching our children about God at a young age. This book is perfect in helping to teach young children simplified stories within the Bible that are easy to understand.

The book is a board book which helps when little hands are looking at it. It’s easy for them to turn the pages and look at all the incredible images that go along with the Bible stories within the pages.

I highly recommend this book for any parents wanting to introduce God and Bible stories to their children at a young age.

{Synopsis} – Count along with Mother Duck as her ducklings try to waddle across the bridge. When a sudden gust of wind sweeps one of Mother Duck’s ducklings into the river, she doesn’t know what to do. With four ducklings on the bridge and one below, Mother Duck is torn as to which way to go. Suddenly, a second duck falls and Mother Duck grows more panicked. Should she stay on the bridge or fly down to her ducklings in the river?

As she paces and frantically quacks, the remaining ducklings playfully plop one by one into the river until all of the siblings are happily floating along. Now that all five ducklings are safely in the water, Mother Duck flies down to join in the fun, relieved to have all her ducklings together again.

Mem introduces young readers to the basic math principles of addition and subtraction.

{My thoughts} – This is a cute little book that reminds me a lot of the Five Little Monkey’s Jumping on the Bed series. Instead of Monkey’s it is Ducks and they aren’t jumping on a bed, they are falling off a bridge.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It has a nice little poem that helps the story to flow. It also has simple images that help the reader to follow along with the poetry in which the story is written.

I think that any child will enjoy having this book added to their book collection. It will also make a simple reader for children that are learning to read. I look forward to sharing this book with my little ones.

{Synopsis} – Open your eyes and celebrate a dazzling world of colors in this imaginative rhyming board book with colorful tiered pages and a clever die-cut shape that looks just like a rainbow!
My Rainbow Surprise is sure to delight curious readers of all ages with its irresistible rainbow theme, rhyming text, foil title, and eye-catching illustrations by the talented Anna Dunn. A chunky, satisfying novelty board book that celebrates every color of the rainbow!

{My thoughts} – I am always interested in finding new board books to read to my 16 month old. This book didn’t disappoint me. It is brightly colored, the illustrations match the rhyming text nicely and it helps to teach basic colors in a fun way.

I look forward to sharing this book with my daughter in the very near future. I feel it is a book that she may enjoy having read to her.

I highly recommend this book for any parent of young children as you can never have enough books that can help teach your child basic words.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

“Wonder is the best kids’ book of the year,” said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

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Source: penguinrandomhouse.com

{My thoughts} – First of all I have to admit to watching the movie before reading the book. It was one of those I’m really curious how they managed a movie given the context of the book. I have to admit both the book and the movie is brilliant.

This book is about a little boy named August that was born with a facial deformity. Despite it he is a regular boy that enjoys doing things that regular boys his age enjoy doing. He’s a sweet boy with a positive attitude given his circumstances.

August is about to go through one of the biggest changes in his life. He’s about to start middle school at a real school. Up until this point in his life his mom has always home schooled him. He’s never been inside a real school aside from when his family went to school functions for his sister.

He’s scared that no one will like him and that he’ll be made fun of by the other children in his class as well as the entire school. He has a very logical fear.

It turns out not to be as bad as he’d thought at first. However, he does go through some rough spots throughout a majority of the book. The end result is for the reader to decide.

I really enjoyed this book. It shows that even though you may be different that you can still do and accomplish all the same things that other kids your age are doing and more if you really really put your mind to it.

{Quotes I Enjoyed} –{01} – ” I think when people die, their souls go to heaven but just for a little while. Like that’s where they see their old friends and stuff, and kind of catch up on old times. But then I actually think the souls start thinking about their lives on Earth, like if they were good or bad or whatever. And then they get born again as brand-new babies in the world.”

{Synopsis} – Gretel joins the Grimmtastic quest for justice in a world where the E.V.I.L. Society must be stopped… and finds a candy cottage along the way.

The charming Grimmtastic Girls series continues!

{My thoughts} – It saddens me to see this particular series come to an end. I’ve a great interest in fairy tale retellings and I thoroughly enjoy sharing them with my children.

The conclusion of this series is wrapped up nicely per say. I think that should the authors decide at some point to continue the storyline, that it should be fairly easy for them to pick up where they’d left off.

Gretel is the main character in this book and she plays her part fantastically. She even sort of follows true to her actual story which was interesting to read and see how it had been tied into the book.

I highly recommend this book and series to anyone that enjoys reading fairy tale retellings. I promise it’s an incredibly well written series that your sure to enjoy!

{Synopsis} – Louie the Unicorn is a star! At least, he will be once he polishes his act at performing arts school. With a song in his heart, a spring in his step, and an unwaveringly sunny outlook, he’s about to take the big city by storm. It’s time for this unicorn to shine!Louie’s school has dance fever! But Louie’s moves aren’t exactly graceful. His dance teacher doesn’t know how she’ll ever train a unicorn with two left feet. Lucky for her, Louie has hooves! But when Louie mistakenly gets entered into a HUGE state-wide dance contest, everyone at school worries he’ll make them lose for sure. Louie’s going to have to give it his all and shake what his mama gave him if they are going to stand a chance!

{My thoughts} – This book is all about Louie the Unicorn and his desire to be the best at his School of Performing Arts in New York.

Louie learns that Arnie the other unicorn isn’t as great as he’d come to believe. He finally learns how little Arnie cares about those around him. Which is a step in the right direction.

In this story there is a dance competition and Louie has to do the ballet part. Most of the story is him practicing and trying to land the perfect routine.

Once it’s time for the actual competition Louie and his competition a dragon do their routines. Everything seems to go off without a hutch for both, however after everything is said and done there is a lot of disagreeing over how the routines came to be and who should or shouldn’t get the trophy. In the end everything gets sorted out.

I think that this book is a great addition to the series. I look forward to starting the next book in the series very soon.

{Synopsis} – I love my fluffy, puffy curls.
I’m so happy they are mine.
When I believe in myself,
They shimmer and they shine.
Princess Truly is back! In the second Princess Truly adventure, Truly’s magical, sparkling curls have the power to transport her to exciting new places like the Egyptian pyramids, the Jurassic period, and even into outer space. With curiosity, bravery, and her signature smarts, Princess Truly once again proves that she can do anything she sets her mind to and reminds girls everywhere to reach for the stars, believe in themselves, and dream big!

{My thoughts} – This is a cute little book about a little girl called Princess Truly that goes on a sort of adventure in her dreams I’m assuming while she’s laying in her bed. She goes quite far and seems to enjoy herself before she lets herself come back to her bed and get ready to actually sleep.

This book is written in a poetry form and the words match the illustrations within the pages nicely. I enjoyed reading it and seeing where the author was going to take the story. I think any child would enjoy having this book added to their home library and I look forward to reading it to my daughter in the future.

I recommend this book for any child that has an incredible imagination and loves to go on adventures. I think it would be a great addition to their at home library.